Under the fluorescent lights where I grow a few orchids I have several containers of water. I use most as quarantine vessels. Places where I acclimate marine plants to brackish water most recently.
Several weeks ago I bought a very small live rock which was host to a very pretty feathery looking algae, similar to a caulerpa, only very small. When I asked the shopkeep what he wanted for the rock he said $2.00. He also told me that the plant was a weed that I wouldn't want in a fish tank. I told him that it was for shrimp so it didn't matter.
He bagged the rock. Unbeknownst to him and me there were several hitchhikers on board. A snail and two very tiny hermit crabs.
Today I was topping off the container with a small amount of distilled water. Unexpected movement caught my eye, so I went and got a magnifying glass and my cellphone with it's macro lens and this is what I found... there are about 10 of these swimming around.
New crustacean babies.
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New crustacean babies.
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Re: New crustacean babies.
...and this is their home:
If you look close you'll see some of them swimming head down, just like our opae larva.
If you look close you'll see some of them swimming head down, just like our opae larva.
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They appear to be shrimp of some sort, though I guess they may be hermit crab larva. Perhaps mysis shrimp...
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They're tending to gather near the water's surface. I just noticed some very small copepod-looking-things in the bowl as well.
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Re: New crustacean babies.
Very cool! They look shrimpy to me but who knows. Love to see what they turn into. Keep us posted.
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I sure will, Jill! 
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Turns out to be a whole heck of a lot more than 10 of these guys swimming around!
Thinking they're planning a global take over.
Thinking they're planning a global take over.
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Re: New crustacean babies.
Nice LFS you have Rob. What size are your new babies?
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The parents:
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Smaller than the opae ula larvae. Very tiny. Basically moving dust particles without a magnifier of some sort, Ken.
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A shot of a few of them a minute ago... Seems they've made some changes overnight.
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Re: New crustacean babies.
Wow! Excellent pics! Hope they continue to thrive. If they make it you will have to find VERY tiny shells.
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Wow! Excellent pics! Hope they continue to thrive. If they make it you will have to find VERY tiny shells.
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Thinking they may have to go nude...
Or maybe I can put some Assassin snails in the Malaysian Trumpet Snail tank and hope they only target teeny tiny babies!
Or maybe I can put some Assassin snails in the Malaysian Trumpet Snail tank and hope they only target teeny tiny babies!
Re: New crustacean babies.
What are they?